Three Ways to List 3 Titles for 1 Employer

I recently came across a challenge while helping a friend update her resume. The bulk of her experience (10 years' worth) had been with one company, where she had progressed from sales associate to assistant manager to store manager. Talk about moving up the ladder! Her problem was that her experience didn't appear all that impressive on her resume, since it looked like she had just one job for 10 years, rather than three progressively more responsible jobs.

Does this situation sound familiar? After some brainstorming and consultation with my Pongo colleagues, we came up with a clear approach to address this on her resume.

For story-telling purposes, here's an overview of her most recent work history:

2) If you have more experience to put on your resume besides that one company, list the individual job titles in chronological order (newest first). Then, add your relevant accomplishments and responsibilities from all the positions in one bullet list.

Example:

Manager, National Book Seller (2003-2006)Assistant Manager, National Book Seller (2002-2003)Sales Associate, National Book Seller (1996-2002)
• Accomplishment or responsibility
• Accomplishment or responsibility
• Accomplishment or responsibility
• Accomplishment or responsibility
• Accomplishment or responsibility
• Accomplishment or responsibility

3) Another space-saving approach is to list one company heading, showing your total time with the company, then also list the dates that apply to each position title. Since it's very similar to the second example, this alternative is a matter of style. Take into account how it looks on your resume when stacked up against everything else.